Talk:PlanetMath

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[edit] Original article

The original version of this article was edited from PlanetMath's FAQ at http://aux.planetmath.org/doc/faq.html , covered by the GFDL.


The PlanetMath articles are almost but not quite formatted right to be imported directly into Wikipedia: they easily can be adapted with a bit of hand-editing of their TeX source into wiki-markup.

This could be an ideal case for someone who wants to write a bot to:

  • screen-scrape the TeX source of a PlanetMath article
  • check that it does not appear already in Wikipedia
  • convert the source to Wikipedia markup, with an attribution to the original author, a link to the PlanetMath article on the talk page, and a mention of the licence under the GFDL.
  • post it to Wikipedia, with a suitable edit comment
  • also put an attribution to the original author, and a link to the PlanetMath article on the talk page

I'd do it myself, but I'm busy.

-- The Anome 22:11, 30 Sep 2003 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics/PlanetMath Exchange. dbenbenn | talk 00:59, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Mathematics

WikiProject Mathematics has a project devoted to combining PlanetMath and Wikipedia at Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics/PlanetMath Exchange. --Blackcap | talk 16:15, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Website down?

Is the PlanetMath website down? I tried to access it two days ago, the Windows flag waved in the air for several minutes before giving up. Today the same thing happened. Or did I just choose the two bad days to access it in the entire month? PrimeFan 20:07, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

  • yes, can anybody can tell us what is happening within PlanetMath? we have 4 or 5 days without it and this is unsetting...

--kiddo 15:29, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

they don't want to talk about it. see the message [1]. as of today, their's still no response to that query! Numerao 21:22, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Fortunately, it is working fine by now... and still is excelent!... --kiddo 16:39, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

akrowne was more forthcoming about the down time of 9/10. CompositeFan 19:15, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

The website is still down...what's the problem? Sr13 03:01, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

No, I just checked and it is working fine, Greets --kiddo 04:52, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

As of this writing (see timestamp on my signature), PlanetMath website is down. IE says: "The page cannot be displayed The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings." Knodeltheory 20:21, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PM entries about PM, Wikipedia

Did you all see the the PlanetMath entries about PlanetMath and Wikipedia added by our very own PrimeFan? They're at [2] and [3] respectively. In a very sweet touch, PrimeFan wrote new text for the Wikipedia entry, but for the PlanetMath entry he simply copied the Wikipedia entry about PlanetMath! Anton Mravcek 17:07, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Website down again

The PlanetMath website is down again. Yesterday, IE took me to Live Search results instead of the PM website when I typed the URL in the Address bar. Same thing today. FireFox is similarly unable to connect. Anton Mravcek (talk) 23:32, 3 February 2008 (UTC)